Category: Non-Fiction

Today is the 101st birthday of Rene Magritte surrealist artists. One of his most famous paintings “Ceci N’est pas une pipe” had me thinking again. The contradiction and clarification in … Read More

Woke up this morning with wood. Not unusual but sadly despite it being a Saturday and therefore the perfect time to take advantage of this state of affair we both … Read More

The papers have been running a campaign lately to highlight the use of altered imagery, images that have been Photoshopped or airbrushed to give a more pleasing look to the … Read More

Shirley’s a little bit old for me to get all excited about but she is a true Diva, not because she makes stupid demands on her contact riders but in … Read More

Every year a prize is awarded for “crude, tasteless [and] perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description.” By literary review magazine. Sometimes the nominations raise a smile, the weird … Read More

Something that the teachers at my school always found difficult was getting pupils, especially the boys, to use the library. I grew up when the distractions for adolescents were becoming … Read More

Apparently the last part of this advert is demeaning to women. Views anyone?

There was an article on the news last night announcing the return of a dessert I haven’t seen for year, the Arctic Roll. Apparently there is a revival of yester … Read More

Told you we met several new contacts in Berlin at Venus and we were eagerly awaiting some brand new toys to the market. Well, this morning I took delivery of … Read More

I’m not loving the clock in this picture. I don’t do fancy gold ornaments. However loving the blue. Thoughts anyone?

Suze’s post earlier today confirmed to me that there are few if any fictional stories that are stranger than the sexual antics of real people. That’s a bit of a … Read More